The ability to bounce back after a setback is the single most important trait an entrepreneurial venture can possess.
Richard BransonBy working hard, by making the right moves, you can create your own luck, I think. But certainly luck plays a part.
Richard BransonBusiness leaders take things far too seriously, and forget that most of the time people spend in their lives is at work, and it should be fun.
Richard BransonAnd in the process, we have come up with fuels - algae-based fuels, isobutanol-based fuels and other fuels - that we think will power the planes in the future so that, you know, by 2020 I hope that our planes will be powered on fuels that are clean fuels and are not polluting the environment so that we'll have a green airline and an airline that actually has fuels that will be hopefully cheaper than the dirty fuels of the past. So [we're] doing good and also turning a profit at the same time.
Richard Branson